Improvement in machine for pouncing- hats



' in the manner indicated in the figures.

' in the opposite direction.

JOHN C. RIOHRDSON, OF'NEIVARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO I-IIMSEL'F AND JAi [EP ,f II. PRENTIOIE, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

Letters Patent No. 93,836, dated Aug/ust 17, 1869; cntedatedii'upust 5, 136i?.

IMFROVEMENT- IN MACHINE POR'POUNCING- HATS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concernI Be it known that I, Jo'nN O. RICHARDSON, of Newark, in the county of Essex, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvernents in Machines for Pouncing the Brims of Hats; and I do .hereby declare that-the following is a full and exact description thereof.

I will irst describe what I consider the best means of carrying out my invention, and will afterward designate the points which I believe to be new.

The accompanying' drawings form a part of this specification.

Figure I is a front elevation, and i Figure 2 a plan view of the entire machine, to-

gether with a portion of a shaft, rotated by a steam- `material of the principal parts may be iron and steel.

A is the fixed framing which supports the pouneing-wheels and their connections, and also supports the stand B,'whieh carries the feeding-parts.

The pouncing is effected by` means of horizontal wheels, 'M and N, mounted on vertical shafts, m and a. `'lhese wheels are provided with Sand-paper,or analogous material, monntedin the wheels M and N, This mode of mounting the sainlfpaper, allows' it to be secured and removed with great facility, as will be more fully-de scribed below. l

'Ihe belt I gives motion to both the pouncing-wheels M and N, turning one in one direction, and the other The arrangement by which this is eii'ected is peculiar.

K is a large pulley, firmly fixed on the shaft It, and turning therewith. lThe belt I is carried in a groove in this pulley K, and descending, passes around the idle-wheel l; thence around the pulley M', which 'is fixed on the shaft-m,- thenee around the idle wheel 2. This arrangement ofthe belt imparts a rapid motion to the pouncing-wheel M, in the direetionindicated by the arrow. i

lhe belt I extends up from the idlewheel2, over the idle-pulley K. This pulley, lit 'must be distinctly observed, is not xed on the shaftk, but turns freely and `loosely thereon, and turns in the direction oppo- Vsite to the fast pulley K. The belt I, after running over this idle-pulley K', which might, if desired, be. mounted o n a separate centre, independent of the shaft I', descends and passes around the idle-wheel 3. From thence it extends horizont-ally, and passes around the pulley N', which is 1ixed on the shaft a, .and gives a rotation to the pouncing-wh'eel N, in a direction opposite to that of the pouncing-wheel-M; From this pulley N', the belt extends around the idlewheel4, and from thence np to the point of starting, to wit, the pulley K.

It is-desirable that the belt I be round, and that the grooves provided in the several pulleys and wheels be correspondingly formed; but I do not consider this absolutely essential.

The upper pouncing-wheel M is adjusted verticallyas required, by means of the screw L, turned by the hand-wheel L. n,

C and l) are the feed-rollers.

'Ihe lower roller D is mounted ina fixed bearing in the stand 13, and is rotated by means of a belt, J, coming from the shaft It, and running on the large pulley D. This` imparts a slow rotary motion to the lower 'feed-roller, or feed-wheel, 1

The upper and corresponding feed-wheel, O, is earried in an adjustable bearing-box, E, which is moved K vertically in the frame B, by means of .-the screw G and the hand-wheel -G.

The shafts c and d may be geared together if desired, it being important to provide teeth of sutiicient deptln'or' to provide some of the devices employedin clothes-wringers and analogous mechanism, to allow the shafts to approach and recede within proper limits, without losing the connection of the gears with each other'.

In operating my invention, the brim of thc hat is l introduced between the horizontal vwheels M and N, and the upper whneel M is depressed, to cause the wheels to properly act. In this condition, the upper wheel tends to move the brim in one direction, and the lower wheel tends to move it in the opposite direction. The result is, a rapid 4and'effective dressing' of the-surface, without any decided tendency to move the hat in either direction.

In order to feed the hat7 around properly, and present all parts of the brim to this treatment, the stand B and its connections are employed. The feed-.rollers C and Dare made to act, the one ou the upper, and the other on the under. surface of the brim, and,-by their slow rotation, they traverse the hat slowly around, it being guided by the attendant in a manner which is readily acquired by practice. In introducing the hat, it is necessary t'o raise both the upper pouneing-wheel M and the u pper'feed-wheel C. After the brim of the hat is properly introduced between the wheels M and'IN, and also between the wheels G and D, the'upi 'mm @Wipe f 1 per wheels are depressed on the 'lower by the screws v represented. y It is well to operate the screw G before 'tance back of the rear face of the part P. This projecting rim is grooved on its interior, as indicated by r.

A series of strong buttons, V V V, fitted to turn ontlle pins o, on the back of the piece l. The ends of" these buttons catch in the groove r, and lock the parts firmly together, confining the sand-paper,

sama 2 emery-paper, or analogous material, in the manner indicated in figs. 3, 4, and 5.

The sand-paper is marked W. It is notched or scalloped at its edges, to adapt lit to better apply ou the bevelled edge ot' the part P.

Having now fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, .and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

I claim the wheels M and N revolved in opposite directions, and acting in positions ,opposite each other, as shown, in combination with the feedroils C D, all arranged for joint operation as and for the purpose herein set forth.'

In testimony whereof', I have hereunto set myliand, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses: 4JOHN C. RICHARDSON.

W. O. DEY,

C. C. LIVINGS. 

